Photocatalytic late-stage C–H functionalization

P Bellotti, HM Huang, T Faber, F Glorius - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence of modern photocatalysis, characterized by mildness and selectivity, has
significantly spurred innovative late-stage C–H functionalization approaches that make use …

Protein degraders enter the clinic—a new approach to cancer therapy

D Chirnomas, KR Hornberger, CM Crews - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Heterobifunctional protein degraders, such as PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC)
protein degraders, constitute a novel therapeutic modality that harnesses the cell's natural …

Photocatalysis in the life science industry

L Candish, KD Collins, GC Cook, JJ Douglas… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the pursuit of new pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, chemists in the life science
industry require access to mild and robust synthetic methodologies to systematically modify …

G protein-coupled receptors: structure-and function-based drug discovery

D Yang, Q Zhou, V Labroska, S Qin… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
As one of the most successful therapeutic target families, G protein-coupled receptors
(GPCRs) have experienced a transformation from random ligand screening to knowledge …

Advances in targeting 'undruggable'transcription factors with small molecules

MJ Henley, AN Koehler - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) represent key biological players in diseases including cancer,
autoimmunity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, outside nuclear receptors …

DNA-encoded chemical libraries

AL Satz, A Brunschweiger, ME Flanagan… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA-encoded chemical library (DECL) technology is used by the pharmaceutical industry to
discover small molecules capable of modulating biologically relevant targets. DECL …

PROTACs: an emerging therapeutic modality in precision medicine

DA Nalawansha, CM Crews - Cell chemical biology, 2020 - cell.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as an exciting new era in chemical
biology and drug discovery. PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC) technology targets …

Ultra-large library docking for discovering new chemotypes

J Lyu, S Wang, TE Balius, I Singh, A Levit, YS Moroz… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Despite intense interest in expanding chemical space, libraries containing hundreds-of-
millions to billions of diverse molecules have remained inaccessible. Here we investigate …

Droplet-based forward genetic screening of astrocyte–microglia cross-talk

MA Wheeler, IC Clark, HG Lee, Z Li, M Linnerbauer… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Cell–cell interactions in the central nervous system play important roles in neurologic
diseases. However, little is known about the specific molecular pathways involved, and …

Chasing molecular glue degraders: screening approaches

A Domostegui, L Nieto-Barrado… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) govern all biological processes. Some small molecules
modulate PPIs through induced protein proximity. In particular, molecular glue degraders …